In Response to ‘Vardi’s Insights’
Moshe Vardi's column, "The Agency Trilemma and ACM," misrepresents some decisions and actions made in regard to ACM's Open Access model.
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Promote Sustainability and Help Underserved Communities
Sustainability is the greatest challenge threatening mankind. The U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals promote solutions for this threat. Computing, through a series of serendipitous events, has enabled me to join this fight.
Software Professionals, Malpractice Law, and Codes of Ethics
In pursuit of professional status for computing professionals.
Understanding Law and the Rule of Law: A Plea to Augment CS Curricula
Why law matters for computer scientists and other folk.
HCDA: From Computational Thinking to a Generalized Thinking Paradigm
As a new era in computing emerges, so too must our fundamental thinking patterns.
How to avoid insider cyber-attacks by creating a corporate culture that infuses trust.
Democratizing Facial Authentication
Intel's RealSense ID solution performs facial identification on device, not in the cloud.
What Does a Static, Sustainable Economy Look Like?
As resources diminish, research and innovation will be needed to compensate for their scarcity. How will computer science contribute to such a situation?
The SolarWinds Hack, and a Grand Challenge for CS Education
John Arquilla analyzes the latest in a long line of cyber intrusions, while Mark Guzdial considers how to prepare CS students for professional decision making.
The Worsening State of Ransomware
Sophisticated, dangerous ransomware is the new normal … and there is no simple fix.
Over the last decade, the Arab world witnessed a significant investment in computer research and the corresponding enabling industry.
An AI-Enabled Future for Qatar and the Region
The majority of Qataris are underemployed and working in government white collar jobs that are precisely the occupations likely to be made redundant by AI.
Traffic Routing in the Ever-Changing City of Doha
Addressing traffic routing problems with sparse data.
ArabHCI: Five Years and Counting
Building a community of Arab students and faculty interested in Human-Computer Interaction and a platform to connect with established HCI researchers.
Data Science for the Oil and Gas Industry in the Arab Region
The Arab region is well positioned for building world-class data science teams to fill the supply shortage of data professionals, especially in the oil and gas field critical to region's economy.
Building a Research University in the Arab Region: The Case of KAUST
Though KAUST shares many of the operational mechanisms of western universities, it has a unique model of operation that deviates from most modern universities in several important aspects.
Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Lebanon
Despite the challenges that Lebanon has faced over the past five years, several success stories materialized in its entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Building a Preeminent Research Lab in the Arab Region: The Case of QCRI
QCRI was created with a mandate to support Qatar's transformation from a carbon economy to a knowledge-based economy.
Shape the Future of Computing
ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.
Get InvolvedCommunications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication.
By opening CACM to the world, we hope to increase engagement among the broader computer science community and encourage non-members to discover the rich resources ACM has to offer.
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